Sunday, July 1, 2007

Round 2, WC platinum chef challenge

I like to hang out on a cooking board on TheNest.com. The ladies on the board are awesome and are always coming up with new things to do. One of the members of the board Cara (Cara's Cravings) came up with the idea of a Platinum Chef challenge. The person that is hosting the challenge picks 5 different ingredients and the people that want to play along have to make 1 or 2 dishes using all of the ingredients. Here is the link to the challenge on Cara's blog Platinum Chef - Round 2. I decided to play along this time and here are the dishes that I came up with.

Directions:1) Preheat oven to 375 degrees.2) Line a 15 x 10 x 1 inch baking sheet with parchment paper and spray with non-stick spray (don't forget to spray the sides).3) Beat eggs on high for 5 minutes. Then gradually beat in the sugar until batter is thick and lemon colored. Add in banana and lemon juice and mix to combine.4) In a small bowl combine flour, baking powder and salt. Fold dry mixture into wet mixture and spread mixture evenly into prepared pan.5) Bake at 375 for 15 minutes or until cake springs back when lightly touched. While cake is baking dust a linen towel with confectioners' sugar.6) Immediately after removing cake from oven turn it onto prepared towel. Peel off the parchment paper and roll the cake up in the towel (starting at short end), let cool.7) While the cake is cooling prepare filling. Add cream cheese, confectioner's sugar, butter, lemon zest and lemon juice to mixing bowl and mix until well blended.8) Once cake is cool carefully unroll it. Spread filling onto the cake and top evenly with blueberries. Roll cake back up, cover it, and place in refrigerator until ready to serve.

1) Saute' corn and 2 cloves of garlic until the corn is slightly browned. Set aside to cool2) Add 2 cloves garlic, beans, cream cheese, jalapeno and the seasonings into a food processor and process until smooth.3) Place 1/2 of bean mixture into bottom of serving dish, then 1/2 the corn; repeat with remaining beans and corn. Top with cheese, if desired. Serve with tortilla chips.

I made both of these for my parent's 4th of July Barbeque. They were soooooo impressed with how they came out!!!!!! Thanks for making me look like a star (no really, I told them where I got the recipes)